2018 "Islam in Haiti, 'Land of Vodou'." Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago.

2018 "Performance of Shadows: Race as Ritual in the Colonial Caribbean." Center for South Asia, Taub Center for Jewish Studies, Department of Music, Stanford University.

2016 Public keynote address, “The Many Rainbows of Caribbean Heritage: Asian Indenture and Its Stories.” Program in the Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World (CLAW), College of Charleston, South Carolina, and Charleston Carifest (June).

2016 Workshop on “Islam and Religious Identity: The Limits of Definition,” Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations,” University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

2016 Symposium on “The Political Biography of the Caribbean and Other Lessons: A Symposium in Honor of Colin A. Palmer.” The Center for the Humanities, City University of New York Graduate Center, NY.

2016 Workshop on South Asian Diasporas and the American “Nation.” Dhar India Studies Program and the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

2015 Panel chair and commentator, conference on “Islam in Global Perspective.” The Organization for Islamic Area Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan; the Asia­Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur; and the Malaysia Arab Crossroads and History Programs at NYU Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi.

2014 Keynote Address, "A 'Race of Angels' or a Soaring of Spirits? Thinking Through Diaspora." The Windrush Roundtable annual conference, Department of Black Studies, University of California Santa Barbara.

Current News/Projects

Updated February 2018

I am spending January 2018 to December 2018 on a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, working on my current book project, Sacred Sacrilege.